Крэнфорд

Mėri Smit priezzhaet pogostitʹ v provint͡sialʹnyĭ gorodok Krėnford k svoim podrugam Matilʹde i Debore Dzhenkins. Osnovnai͡a chastʹ mestnogo naselenii͡a - vdovy i starye devy. Vsi͡a ikh sot͡sialʹnai͡a zhiznʹ podchinena strogomu kodeksu obi͡azatelʹnykh k sobli͡udenii͡u pravil, pori͡adkov i obychaev. Mestnykh muzhchin - torgovt͡sev i remeslennikov - chopornoe i t͡selomudrennoe zhenskoe obshchestvo po bolʹsheĭ chasti ignoriruet. Odnako kogda v gorodke poi͡avli͡aetsi͡a otstavnoĭ armeĭskiĭ kapitan Braun, on migom privlekaet vnimanie vsekh nezamuzhnikh dam… - Klassika angliĭskoĭ literatury.- Ot avtora znamenitogo romana "Sever i I͡Ug".- Ėlizabet Gaskell - odna iz samykh populi͡arnykh pisatelʹnit͡s viktorianskoĭ ėpokhi. Romany Gaskell otlichai͡utsi͡a glubokoĭ prorabotannostʹi͡u, psikhologizmom i silʹnymi zhenskimi personazhami.- "Krėnford" - odno iz luchshikh proizvedeniĭ Ėlizabet Gaskell. Ėto kniga, napolnennai͡a tonkoĭ ironieĭ i realistichnymi opisanii͡ami malenʹkogo angliĭskogo gorodka XIX veka.

Mary Smith comes to visit her friends Matilda and Deborah Jenkins in the provincial town of Cranford. The main part of the local population is widows and spinsters. Their entire social life is subject to a strict code of obligatory rules, procedures and customs. Local men — merchants and artisans — are mostly ignored by the prim and chaste female society. However, when retired army Captain Brown appears in the town, he instantly attracts the attention of all the unmarried ladies ... — A classic of English literature.— From the author of the famous novel "North and South".— Elizabeth Gaskell is one of the most popular writers of the Victorian era. Gaskell's novels are characterized by deep elaboration, psychology and strong female characters.— Cranford is one of Elizabeth Gaskell's best works. This is a book filled with subtle irony and realistic descriptions of a small English town of the 19th century.